Cedar View Cemetery
Site Brief:
Founded: 1850
Location: Lincroft, NJ
Additional name(s): N/A
Affiliate group(s): N/A
History:
In 1850, John B. Crawford, a local land and enslaver sold the 2.5-acre site to a group of 14 Black men for use as a cemetery. The group was comprised of free black men and former slaves.
The cemetery consists of 24 plots, each measuring 99 by 39 feet. The cemetery served as the burial ground for many African American families. There are former enslaved people as well as for Civil War USCT buried at the site.
The cemetery is not active, but it is an open area, open to the public.
